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June 8, 2007

Police get warrant for shooter in Peace Dale

SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- The police today obtained an arrest warrant for a once promising football player Michael D. Wilson for allegedly firing shots at a Peace Dale housing complex.

The police connected the shooting to a long-running dispute over the unsolved murder of his brother.

Two witnesses identified Wilson, 26, of 200 Shannock Village Rd., as the man who pulled a handgun from his waistband Thursday and fired three shots at Champagne Heights, a low-income housing development off Curtis Corner Road, said Capt. Jeffrey Allen.

They reported that his intended target was Jay Northup, 25, who was babysitting outside his grandmother’s apartment, C-7.

The charges against Wilson include possessing a firearm without a permit, a felony; and discharging the pistol across a road, and discharging a firearm in a compact area, both misdemeanors, Allen said.

Jevon Scholl, Northup’s brother, whose last known address was C-7, faces the same charges. The police say Scholl fired shots April 30 at Meadowbrook Apartments.

-- Journal staff writer Katie Mulvaney

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